New publication! Robert Kaufman, Burcu Kolçak, & I have a new article out in Perspectives on Politics: "Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective". See the abstract below, and quick 🧵 which follows cambridge.org/core/journals/…

How did China upgrade into green tech? A highly capable state wielded the appeal of a massive consumer market to extract foreign technology So were Acemoglu et al right or wrong?? open.substack.com/pub/draliceeva…

This is not only the largest wind turbine in the world (20 MW, 292-m rotor), but is built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane (up to 79.8 m/s). It is now operating offshorewind.biz/2024/08/29/min… A large field of them could dissipate a hurricane: web.stanford.edu/group/efmh/jac…

📢 Making the case for democracy Using a field experiment in 🇩🇪 Alexander Wuttke, see: kunkakom.bsky.social & Florian Foos introduce ‘democratic persuasion’ as an actionable intervention to foster the resilience of citizens' commitment to liberal #democracy #OA 🔓 bit.ly/3XWGoRT

We are excited to share our (submitted) working paper: Introducing and applying the Climate Institutions Analysis Framework (CIAF): A comparative analysis of climate institutions in Germany, the United Kingdom, Sweden, and Australia using the CIAF ➡️tinyurl.com/2enbnt29 (1/5)

🚨 My book is out today: academic.oup.com/book/57946 🚨 2024 has been full of elections. In many, radical-right politicians made important electoral gains. My book hopes to contribute to debates on the rise of these politicians by putting forward a theory around social norms. 1/23

🚨Accepted The Review of Economic Studies : national air, water quality benefit from strong financial, judicial, labor mkt institutions, through comparative advantage. Improving nat'l institutions attracts clean industries. One reason dev countries are polluted. 🌍joseph-s-shapiro.com/research/insti… 1/:

Eine äußerst passende Lektüre in 🇩🇪 (eine der Fallstudien im Buch) nach den Landtagswahlen vom Wochenende.

Working on this with Claudia Zwar and Jacob Edenhofer 🇺🇦 over the past 1.5 years has been rewarding and a pleasure throughout. As one of many nerdy details of this piece, I like the long appendix tables sketching out cause & effects chains of climate institutions in 🇩🇪🇬🇧🇸🇪🇦🇺

Das Problem mit der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit resultiert daraus, dass Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft den Fokus auf Besitzstandswahrung und Erhalt bestehender Strukturen statt auf Innovation legen. Wettbewerb um Subventionen ersetzt zunehmend Wettbewerb um Kunden.

Devastating review of the degrowth literature (561 studies): --> 'few studies use quantitative or qualitative data...' --> [those that do] 'tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases' -->'large majority (almost 90%) are opinions rather than analysis'

Very useful resource.

I wrote this in my economics PhD application personal statement in 2013, 11 years ago

Good news: After getting off to a late start in the energy transition, Poland is making up for lost time. Over the first 7 months of 2024, renewables comprised 30.2% of electricity - nearly double the levels seen just three years ago. theprogressplaybook.com/2024/08/27/pol…

FBI enthüllt Russlands psychologische Kriegsführung in Europa - Deutschland ist dabei ein besonders anfälliges Ziel für russische Einflussnahme. POLITICO politico.eu/article/fbi-do…

Biodiversiy is declining, yet we have limited knowledge about how that affects human well-being. My work linking bats, insecticide use, and human infant health is out today in Science (science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…), and tells a complex story about how those are connected.

SUCH A COOL PAPER. Eyal making it tough to choose btwn vultures and bats as most under-loved species.